Quote Originally Posted by MOfishmgr View Post
The refuge was originally set up as mitigation for the flooding of the Trimble Wildlife Area and lake. Back then (late 70's) there were far fewer geese and we were actually trying to increase their numbers. It was on my radar to revisit the whole refuge issue before the lake was reassigned. It may be in the original construction requirements for the lake, I just never got that far in investigating how difficult it would be to remove the designation. It's funny that for much of the season the waterfowl spend their time in the main lake, not the refuge. I hadn't gotten to the point of collecting all the information on the need for the refuge, so there may be other issues that I'm not familiar with. It is a regulation in our code. Good discussion and maybe an issue we need to revisit.
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